The Newly Reopened Waldorf Astoria Honors New York’s Glorious Drinking Past
VinePair
JULY 21, 2025
Finally, in 2016, Frank Caiafa, then manager of Peacock Alley, lovingly updated the Crockett volumes with his 400-page “The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book.” In 1934 came “100 Famous Cocktails,” “prepared in collaboration with Oscar of the Waldorf.” Unlike the Crockett books, the recipes came with detailed headnotes and mixing instructions. “The
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